Stove-top construction



Dec. 25, E923.

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E. V.. COULSTON STOVE TOP CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 8 1922 fix ' ATwR/ve-yPatented Dec. 25, l923.

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STOVE-TOP CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed December 8, 1922.

To all 10 ham it may concern Be it known that T, EARL V. CoULsToN, acitizen of the United States, resident of liock Island, county of RockIsland, and State of I linois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Stove-Top Constructions, of which the following is a specification,the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best modein which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as todistinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to the construction of the tops of cooking stovesand particularly to the outer frames thereof.

The object of said invention is to produce a stove-top frame simple instructure and economical of manufacture, and which will also eliminatebreakage.

A. cooking stove top consists primarily of an outer frame which extendscompletely around the stove, together with the loose inner pieces suchas the lids and cross-pieces for which said frame forms a container.Said frame also provides the means to which the vertical side, front andback plates of the stove are secured.

These top frames have heretofore been commonly'made of cast iron eitherin sections bolted together or in one integral piece. The casting ofsuch frames is relatively expensive and does not admit of much if anysaving in quantity production. Furthermore, these cast iron frames areeasily loss in shipping has re sulted due to this fact. Such tops alsofrequently breairin use as a result of ex pansion due to heating.

To overcome these heretofore existing difficulties and objections, myinvention contemplates the construction of stove top frame having all ofthe required characteristics of form, constructed of wrought metal andsubstantially wholly of standard structuralsteel shapes such asangle-iron and channel-bars.

The said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described andparticularly set Serial No. 6%,551.

portion of angle-iron showin its construe it? tion prior to being bentinto shape for forming the frame.

Fig. 6 represents a plan of another fragmentary portion of the frame.

Figs. 7 and 8 represent sections similar to that of Fig. 4 andillustrating further modifications.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the illustrated embodiment o myinvention includes an outer rectangular frame-member 1 made fromangle-iron, one leg 2 of which forms a part of the top surface of thestove and the other leg 3 of which forms an outer and downwardlyextending peripheral strengthening flange, as shown in Fig. l.

This frame-member may consist of a single strip of angle-iron provided,before being bent into rectangular shape, with right-- angular notches4, F lg. 5, intersecting the upper leg 2, the ends of the stripbeingformed with a right-angular bevel as shown in'Fig. 6. This strip is thenbent into rectangular form so as to close the notches and the beveledends 55 welded to each other, all as will be readily understood and seenfrom inspection of Fig. 1. The seams formed by the closing of he notches4, may or may not be closed by welding.

As will al o be understood, the frame may be made of four separatepieces joined at the corners by welding.

Secured to the bottom of the part 2 of the frame is a second frame 6formed of angleiron. the one leg 7 of which extends beyond'the innerperiphery of frame-member 1. Figs. 3 and 4:, to form a dropped offset 8,the other leg forming a downwardly extending flange to which the side,front and back and in Fig. 81 have shown a combination of angle bar andflat plate which may be used if desired. Both these modified forms ofconstruction are the same in principle as be suitably secured to theback of the framemember 1, which permits the smoke-pipe to be hiddenbehind the high shelf or closet (not shown) of the stove, as willbeundcrstood by those skilled'in the art.

The old form of smoke -.pipe connection may be provided for as shown inFig. 2. In this form the frame-member 1 is made to extendbackwardlybeyond the back of frame 6 whereby they are separated horizontally. Anadditional frame-member 10 of angleiron is secured to the bottom of suchrear portion of frame 1 and projects inwardly therefrom to provide adropped offset for a flat steel rectangular strip (not shown) which maybe placed across the rear of the top and in which the smoke-pipeconnection ma be made as shown by the dotted line 11.

at I claim is:

1. A stove-top frame made entirely from downwardly extendirig flange towhich the stove sides may be secured. 2. A stove-top frame made fromoriginally separate pieces of wrought metal and secured to each other soas to form an outer peripheral downwardly extending strengtheningflange,an inner peripheral member forming a dropped offset, and an innerdownwardly extending flange to which the V stove sides may be secured.

. 3. A stove-top frame consisting of the combination with a main membermade of angle-iron and having one of its legs forming an outerperipheral downwardl ex tending flange, the other leg formingthe top ofsaid frame; of means madeof'wrought metal secured to the under side ofsaid top The offset 8 leg and forming an inner downwardly extendingflange and a dropped offset adjacent to the inner periphery of said topleg.

4. A stove-top frame consisting of the combination with a main membermade of angle-iron and having oneof its legs. forming an outerperipheral downwardly extending flange, the otherleg forming the top ofsaid frame; of a second wrought metal member secured to the bottom ofsaid main member, havinga portionextending downwardly and a portionextending inwardly from said main member to form a dropped offset.

5. A stove-top frame consisting of the I combination with a main membermade of angle-iron and having one of its legs formlng an outerperipheral downwardly ex-.

tendin flan e the other le formin the to 7 g t: 7 n b p of said frame;of a second angle-iron member secured to the bottom of said main member,having one of its legs extending downwardly from said main member andits other leg extending inwardly to form a a strip of angle-iron bentand having its ends secured to each other so'as toform a 1 closed mainrectangular frame-member, the

one leg of'such angle-iron forming an outer peripheral strengthening-flange and the other forming the top. ofv said frame-member; of asecond frame member of angle iron, secured to the bottomsof said main v7 In a stove-top construction, the combination of a main memberconsisting. ofa strip of angle-iron bent and having its ends secured toeach-other so as to forms. closed rectangular frame member, the one legof such angle-iron forming an outer peripheral strengthening flange andthe other forming the top of, said frame-member;"a second frame-membersecured to the, bottom of said main member, forming a downwardlyextending flange and extending inwardly to form a dropped offset; therear portions of said two members being separated from each otherhorizontally anda thirdframe 'mem' ber secured to the bottom of the rearportion of said main member and projecting inwardly therefrom to form aseconddropped offset. r V

Signed by me this 26th" day of October, 1922.

EARL v. ooUnsTo-N.

